WaveBoy -The Voder | The mythical Ensoniq effects - used in new ways

[@BaconFire]

I have heard this before in recordings and had wondered if it was a highly processed electric guitar tapping harmonics. Thanks for clearing up this sound. Really amazing sounds!

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@GizzyDillespee]

2:56 everyone needs to have a patch like that. Mine's on the Korg Wavestate, of all things. It's its own synth, not really a Wavestation substitute. I used the patch on a track called Wavestate Grunge Marimbas, if anyone wants to hear it. Everyone needs SOME version of it!

[@PaulBoos]

Another way to get that beautiful distorted lead sound is to run the synth through a flanger that has an LFO built into it. I use the Dreadbox Komorebi. It worked beautifully with a Rare Waves Hydronium to make a nice gentle screaming lead. I liked playing with changing the amount of mix between static and LFO, the rate of the LFO and the delay tie of the static setting on it. You could automate some of these with Eurorack control voltages... Then you could pass it into the reverb of your choice for the ever going echoes.... What is cool is how many different approaches for getting similar sounds there are. I hadn't heard of this effect before so nice to know it exists and makes me think of others ways to process a basic lead pad to get more motion in a similar way...

[@conquerantofficiel]

That is real art of creating.

[@RelationshipStrategy]

Please do more videos on ASR - Waveboy effects combinations

[@EspenKraft]

Sold everything.

[@RelationshipStrategy]

@@EspenKraft I guess I'll be watching over and over again then :) Thank you for showing at least this much. It opened my eyes on ASR 10 and Waveboy

[@horizontalblanking]

Really digging this… has a Depeche Mode “Songs of Faith and Devotion” era vibe. Nice!

[@216Numbskull]

Right On! The vibe I was getting from the very beginning was "La Villa Strangiato by RUSH" myself. 🤔 Just saying... ++Peace Funk & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend++ 🤘😜🤘

[@pshimmons]

Such sweet explorations of new sounds from old tech! Nice

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@electroteck60]

2:36 Pad used in Rammstein song "Sehnsucht"

[@Pepijn_a.k.a._Akikaze]

I like the classical use of the Voder more although I do admire people finding new applications. The arpeggio in your track is the same as in my tracks Frailty and Flame of Hope. Guitar arpeggios work equally well with synth sounds.

[@EspenKraft]

Exactly. The "intended" use of the Voder is of no interest to me, but as a distortion unit I like it occasionally.

[@ingoodmusic]

Glad to see you didn’t let go the dx9

[@culturedslob]

Really cool

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@vaiman7777]

Nice sound

[@Bulkvanderhuge]

Reminds me when Raphael is hurt and they’re all waiting for him to wake up.

[@theaudioeng]

Nice, takes me back to those good ole days... shame my TS--10 can't import FX algorithms like the ASR 😔

[@le49exileaudioproduktion59]

Really not? That's a pity . . . I have also a TS10 here . . .

[@theaudioeng]

@le49exileaudioproduktion59 Hey congrats!! Great synth all round. Unfortunately not, only from ASR next gen model. Enjoy your TS--10 regardless 😎👍🎹🎶🍻

[@DankePlace]

Is this a Darth Voder? Drops mic and leaves awkwardly.

[@SacSynths_Jack_Z]

Awesome!

[@NeckUno1]

I am very sad that replacement VFD displays are not available for ASR and EPS. Unfortunately my ASR-10 Rack is useless because the display is no longer readable :( It is a great machine

[@ladyapp-titude]

So it seems like essentially a formant filter, which was probably pretty exotic back in the day, but fairly easy to find in plugins nowadays. And what does the mod wheel control, LFO rate? Intensity? What's weird for me is the idea of "loading an effect" into memory. Samples yes, but effects? Never ran across that. Then again, I never owned anything Ensoniq. 🙂

[@EspenKraft]

I can promise you that nothing done in the DAW will sound like this. ;-) Not that you can't get nice formant filters in the box. The mod wheel can do whatever you want really. I've set it up here to control a bit of intensity. These Waveboy effects aren't adjustments of already effects in the EPS, these are almost like ROM effect chips in a software form. You can't adjust the effects already in the EPS to get these. One of the reasons I ike to have the EPS around is the bundle of Waveboy effects I have just because it gives me the opportunity to sometimes wield the magic Ensoniq wand and do something you can't get anywhere else. ;-)

[@kaitlyn__L]

That’s not too surprising since the Voder this is named after was essentially (to oversimplify) a large electromechanical formant generator, which could be controlled to produce speech if you string the sounds together well enough. (Technology from that eventually went into the very first Vocoder too! The ones Bell Labs made to test phone call compression techniques.)

[@imxg]

the "lead monster sound" kinda reminds me of an old trance 12" from the late 90s, but I can't think of the name right now. the sound used is so similar

[@imxg]

@BradgeMusicShed not quite, I thought of a different track. I'll see if I can dig it out tomorrow

[@sailorkap]

Super Nice 🙂

[@metalhead76250]

Amazing mood on this piece. Love the lead sound, sounds like a weird overdriven guitar from space ! What reverb do you use, it sounds real deep and lush?'

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks! I have to refer to the video itself, I clearly show and talk about what reverb I used. ;-)

[@metalhead76250]

Yeah I saw that after 😅! The sound was so good I had to comment immediately I guess ahah.

[@chinesemusic8019]

Oh confused. Looks like DX7 with less buttons? A KX76? realized. it's a DX9 (keyboard like the DX21, DX27 not velocity sensitive )

[@EspenKraft]

Of course using the DX9 as a master keyboard here. I have a video about the DX9 right here on the channel.

[@Rhythmattica]

Noice... Ive still got 2 ASR10's and DP4+... Having moved, Im on hiatus... But found my Waveboy Disks amount the few thousand (from eps>16+) and archiving my sounds.. at some point... All the Waveboy FX are so must haves. I sooooo miss Ensoniq. So a big FK YOU to Creative Labs.

[@6581punk]

Creative swallowed up both E-Mu and Ensoniq and did nothing with them. Much like Microsoft bought Blue Ribbon Soundworks, makers of my favourite Amiga sequencer Bars and Pipes professional and did nothing with it.

[@Rhythmattica]

@@6581punk Yeh.. I worked in Music shops in the hip tech section for decades.. You know how weird to see an Ensoniq Paris System go from Black to the Navy Blue with an EMU Sticker on it? It was al because of the Soundscape ISA Bus card, not requiring an IQ address due to its innovative software / Hardware design approach... And also had the DP ESP onboard! And from memory, One of the first to bring out a PCI Card.... Thats all Creative wanted... the IP.. Thats how the EMU-x really came about... What ever my rant may seem... All Vale Ensoniq and EMU.. Still got also a Procusion, E4k.. So I understand your pain... However, Amiga I loved, Atari Mega I choose/. Midex 8 , Cubase , Avalon.. etc.. Worked for me. But Brothers we are. When you knew, every dollar counted, and you had to work things hard... and the only way was to know them all back to front, top to bottom... Its not like today, Its all just a Plug in Chase... Even the stuff thats free today would've saved me enough to buy more than one new car.... But I wouldn't have it any other way,..

[@theaudioeng]

Yeah such a shame they got pineappled by Creative..... love both Ensoniq & E-MU. Ensoniq's DP is still fantastic sounding FX engine 👊🎹🎶🇬🇧🍻

[@carlgrace3251]

@@6581punk I got started with music using an Amiga and Bars and Pipes. Hadn't thought about that in ages. I loved my ASR-10 to bits. I wish I had known about these Waveboy effects back then.

[@MichaelBlueMusic]

That’s awesome! Slightly off-topic, what is the rack-mount spectrum analyzer you’re using? Thanks!

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks! I talk about that in episode 8 of my new series "A Song Is Born".

[@MichaelBlueMusic]

@@EspenKraft I’ll check that out, thanks.

[@manofsound9098]

Hi Epsen, How about the DK Synergy II? I have one of the originals and I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Although it was a very large and heavy synthesizer it had some special features that rivaled many in that era. Many may have not even heard of the DK Synergy Systems. Just found your channel. Thanks much!

[@EspenKraft]

I have no thoughts on it as I have never used one, nor do I know anyone that has one. Cheers

[@manofsound9098]

@789G I just purchased themulogix slave 32 off Reverb a few hours ago. WOW - Thank you for the information!

[@manofsound9098]

@789G I will have 4 carts with it and the original box. Yes it was very expensive considering this was in exceptionally near mint condition. The original owner had just replaced the power supply and had it overhauled. He provided proof of the repair bill so that was added to the cost. WELL WORTH IT. Should be here in 2 weeks.

[@the44thfloor44]

What kind of rack analyzer do you have ? Looks cool

[@EspenKraft]

I go through that in my latest video, Ep.8 of "A Song Is Born".

[@the44thfloor44]

@@EspenKraft thanks I’ll Check it out

[@RoseRelisnot]

Someone make a retro style vocaloid song with The Voder

[@Nord72]

is it working with the Paris as well ? ( same DSPs )

[@EspenKraft]

No.

[@Nord72]

@@EspenKraft : I believe its not impossible : " The filters are multi-band parametric equalizers (EQs) that can be modulated in interesting ways - most notably, they can make a sound talk or sing words! "

[@Nord72]

@@EspenKraft : I remember there were the Time-Dicer with 3-voice pitchshifter: 3V HARMONY, I used to had these rare waveboy effects on floppys when I had my 16+ back in the 90s...

[@ingoodmusic]

where the pad came from/??

[@EspenKraft]

It's from one of my TAL sample packs.

[@cwichura]

Seeing the floppy held up several times got me wondering -- have you done any floppy drive retrofits with SD card floppy faker hardware? And if so, how has it worked out for you?

[@EspenKraft]

I have several videos here where I show some of the gear that now has floppy emulators. I don't like it, but sometimes necessary evil is the best option.

[@halcyo]

Man, they really don't make anything that sounds like this stuff anymore, do they? I have an SQ-80 that I got for $100 (it was very grungy in a garage, so I had to do a lot of cleanup), that I've only recently really learned to adore. I better grab a couple of these other Ensoniq's before these become the big desired, overpriced vintage synths going forward.

[@FilipMilerX]

It's much better when you try not to make a song, but just play.

[@Stefan0xXx]

Rammstein use this library in the first and second album